Email Author Gustavo Arellano

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2011 Stories by Gustavo Arellano

• SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITION

  published December 29, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Thirteen years old, and I'm jacking off, not knowing I left the bathroom door ajar. Just as I blasted onto the... More >>

• Special Christmas Gift Edition

  published December 22, 2011

  Dear Readers: In between your fifteenth tamale and sixth spiked cup of ponche, you're going to have to buy regalos for... More >>

• SPECIAL CONQUISTADOR EDITION

  published December 15, 2011

  Dear Mexican, This is the second rant I've felt I had to send to you. I don't know if readers are allowed "seconds" but here it... More >>

• Revolution and Homophobia

  published December 8, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I read in your book that Mexico is due for a revolution about every 100 years or so. The last one was in the first... More >>

• Special Mexicans Are Racist Edicion

  published December 1, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Having been called a "gabacho" by "Mexicans" much lighter than I and "wetback" by those whose parents (or who... More >>

• Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

  published November 24, 2011

  Dear Mexican, GOP Senator Mel Martinez authored a decent compromise bill to resolve the growing illegal immigration problem in... More >>

• Why Is Mexico Such a Dump?

  published November 17, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Why is Mexico such a dump? Just to name a few of the problems: stray dogs running all over the place, piles of... More >>

• SPECIAL MUJER EDITION: Why Do Mexican Women Sew Their Own Dresses

  published November 10, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I am an Anglo intruder in New Mexico. When I moved to Albuquerque from Virginia, I fell in love with Mexican... More >>

• Why do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

  published November 3, 2011

  Dear Mexican, These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "n-word."... More >>

• Is "Mexican" an Offensive Word?

  published October 27, 2011

  Dear Mexican, There's something I concerned about, or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I've been here for eight... More >>

• How Did the Chivas Soccer Team Get Its Name?

  published October 20, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Really? You answered "When Should You Use Usted Instead... More >>

• SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITION

  published October 13, 2011

  Dear Readers, The Mexican doesn't want to take this week off, but has to because it's his mother periódico's Best Of... More >>

• SPECIAL GOOD GABACHO/EVIL ALABAMA EDITION

  published October 6, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, everybody was an... More >>

• Why Do Mexican Business Owners Hire People Dressed as Shrek to Advertise Their Business?

  published September 29, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I hear that at the last Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing about redistricting, some lady accused... More >>

• Am I Supporting the Mexican Drug Cartels if I Smoke Pot?

  published September 22, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently I've been reading a lot about the drug... More >>

• Do Mexicans Hate Puerto Ricans?

  published September 15, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I live in up-state New York (that's any part of the state north of the city, for you West Coasters), and while we... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Work as Day Laborers?

  published September 8, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I'm a young white dude who drives to work everyday, and on my daily commute, I get off the freeway and drive... More >>

• How Much of a Pendejo is Gustavo?

  published September 1, 2011

  Dear Mexican, I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clam digger pants with the knee-high white socks and... More >>

• SPECIAL COMIDA EDITION: Who Harvested Maize First — the Aztecs, or the Mayans?

  published August 25, 2011

  Dear Mexican, This is going to sound absolutely and totally Caucasian. Lately, we have been trying to lighten the mood around... More >>

• Take A Second Look!

  published August 18, 2011

  Dear Readers: Your faithful Mexican is putting the final touches to his coming magnum opus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America... More >>

• How Can a Gabacho Deal with a Mexican Family?

  published August 11, 2011

  Here is my problem, I was raised in a typical gabacho family. My siblings and I all enjoyed a typical... More >>

• Do Mexicans Hate the Spanish?

  published August 4, 2011

  Dear Mexican, A few years back when I was in high school, my social studies teacher and the leader of our high school M.E.Ch.A.... More >>

• Is Being a Robber and an Illegal Immigrant the Same Crime?

  published July 28, 2011

  Dear Mexican, A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Merida in the Yucatan. We were surprised to see... More >>

• Is the Term "Mexican" Becoming Extinct?

  published July 21, 2011

  Dear Ask a Wetback, You and your fellow law-breaking wetbacks don't like Arizona's SB 1070? Too damn bad. Trot back to Make... More >>

• Will Mexicans Ever Return to Mexico to Make It Better?

  published July 14, 2011

  Dear Mexican, Say the immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think they'll put up with the shit that... More >>